So I’ve been informed of some “troubling” news about the future expansion for WoW, and was told several freakin’ times to post my thoughts about it through this.
No matter how many times I tried to tell them “I’m not interested in WoW anymore! It can burn in hell for all I care!”, they persisted.
And so, I give the fans what they want. You want my opinion? Fine. The news has to do with what our good friend, Watcher (aka Ion Hazzikostas) said to all the Legion Alpha testers. Most of you are also friends of AZ and saw his video on it, which is why you all wanted my opinion.
And before I do, please understand that these words are my own and do not share the same feelings as most players. And with that out of the way, here we go…
So there’s a problem. A problem that Blizzard are putting hints of the Garrison Command Table into Legion. Now there is one thing I absolutely agree with AZ, and that is…every expansion, no matter what game it’s for, should feel like it’s OWN expansion, and not an ‘addon’ of the previous one. This is why I liked Cata and MoP, because they were completely different from eachother.
They had their own core game mechanics, and everything about them wasn’t like the other expansions.
MoP and WoD are the same thing, just WoD…was done wrong. Very wrong, in any people’s minds. Staying on topic, we got WoD and Legion.
The problem here, is we got the Honor Halls and the Adventure Map. The Adventure Map, reminds me so much of what Dragon Age: Inquisition did; being able to actually go to where you pick on the map, instead of get NPCs to do it. Sadly, it also feels like the Garrison Command Table. If you need a refresher course, you can watch my video of that game right here, where I explain how it feels like it.
So yeah. Blizzard put in the Command Table with a fresh coat of paint and thought people who were utterly pissed off, would be OK with it. Heh. The heck were they thinking when they did this? It looks, and smells JUST like the very thing that made over 3/4’s of WoW’s subscriber base to tank. Doesn’t Blizzard know, that if you take a piece of shit, and put a little bow on it… it still looks like a piece of shit?!
And now we move on to the messenger of the incompetent Cory Stockholm (the one that invented ‘Garrisongate’)…Mr Ion Hazzikostas. I find it funny that Cory has to send out his lackey to discuss something literally franchise-breaking to an unstable community, instead of doing it himself. Either he was too busy, or he doesn’t have the balls to do so.
.
Reading over the lengthy discussion, it is clear Mr Ion Hazzikostas doesn’t have a clue what the remaining fans of WoW, want. Once again, it seems Blizzard thinks “you guys…you THINK you don’t like this, but we KNOW you DO! Trust us! We know what we’re doing!” The same. exact. words said when people doubted WoD.
Wow. I nearly made myself bust out laughing. Never ever put the words “trust” and “Blizzard” in the same sentence, or sarcastic laughter will be heard. If Blizzard was running for the President of the United States, he would be Donald Trump…. oh wait.
But what if Blizzard actually listens to their testers and makes the Command Table-like interface, not so much like WoD? No.. that’s not happening. It’s currently mid-April, and June is 2 & 1/2 months away, The release is quickly approaching, and the expansion is still in Alpha. Even WoD went beta by this stage of its development. Of course, they hope to put more work into making non-content.
Plus, to ‘listen to their testers’ isn’t something they know how to do (eversince Ghostcrawler left).
I guess this is the part where we’re all “I’m calling it! WoW is DEAD!!” I went over this before in many…many posts about this subject. WoW is not dead.. yet. However, I will say the Warcraft movie (if people are smart and well-informed) isn’t going to save the franchise. And not listening to their testers (JUST like in WoD), definitely will not help the situation.
I will predict, that a few weeks (or maybe a month) after the release, the remaining subs of WoW will leave, and Blizzard will shut the servers down. Then, WoW is dead. It’s possible they’re doing this on purpose, to focus on their other projects (like Overwatch).
WoW’s almost 11 years old. One of the oldest-running MMORPGs to this day. And it’s time for it to die a good death. Unfortunately, Blizzard has no intention of giving it a mercy death. Not when they can attempt to milk as much money out of people.
In closing, I’m unsubscribed to AZ. Mainly due to the whole “done with all MMORPGs” thing. But there’s now an even better reason. A reason, that he is very true (yet it’s also hurtful).
He says a casual who logs in to do a few things and logs out, “doesn’t contribute to the game”. In other words, dissing soloers such as myself who are anti-social. Even though it’s true, it’s still painful to hear coming out of someone I supported. It feels like people like myself are being blamed for WoW’s downfall. Of course, we are. There’s hardly a post with “damn casuals” in it.
In my defense, I never wanted WoW to go down like this. And Garrisons being ‘anti-MMO’ isn’t the reason I left WoW. I’ve explained the reasons hundreds of times. It was mainly the reason that I was ignored as a beta tester. But it was also the real lack of endgame content for soloers.
If the Garrison was an optional thing, instead of forced content, I think WoD could had been a better expansion. Just like Legion. All Blizzard needs to do is to make it optional content. However, that’s not going to ease the pain of the loyalist MMORPG players.
Seriously, though. Please stop speaking for me. Everyone is able to play WoW their way. Even RPers need love. You speak for no one, but yourself. Same with me. I don’t speak for you guys. You guys wanted MY opinion! You never wanted me to tell you how much you miss the way WoW was in the past!
I’m sorry, but I’m tired of it. That’s why I stopped listening to them. Sadly, Youtube doesn’t get the fucking message that I don’t give a fuck, and to STOP adding people’s opinions about how good WoW was, in my suggestions!!! Keep your nostalgia to yourself FFS!
But has Youtube EVER gave a fuck about you? And that’s where I’m going to stop this post. I gave you guys what you want; a reaction of Ion Hazzikostas’ post in my own words, instead of the words of a normal MMORPG player.